Universal Creative's shoot-'em-up debuted in 2000, based on the hit films starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. You ride with five other shooters in your car, competing with each of them as all six of you, as a team, compete with another car on the dual track. Guns in hand, you try to zap aliens attacking the city to earn "the suit" that will make you one of the Men in Black.

Most importantly, stay on one target at a time. If you hit something, hit it again. And again. In quick succession. In fact, stay on a single target and hit it as many times as you can before you have to move to another one. Don't waste time targeting when you could be shooting and scoring.

Properly executed, a shoot-'em-up becomes an immersive, 3D video game, one that sucks visitors into wanting to ride again, and again, and again. For many Theme Park Insider readers, Men in Black Alien Attack delivers exactly that experience, which is why they've voted it into the tournament this year by their ratings.

But can the Men in Black shoot their way into the second round? We'll find out when the tournament gets under way in March. In the meantime, let's hear your thoughts about Universal Studios Florida's Men in Black Alien Attack, in the comments.

January 19, 2010 at 9:22 PM ·
This is a much better attraction than Buzz. It's faster, allows for more control, and has a better payoff. My only complaints reside with Universal's damn locker system (Really? You won't allow my friend to wear a fanny pack on a shoot-em-up?) and that the ride is never open when the park opens (Really? This, Jaws, The Simpsons, and Rip, Ride, Rockit are closed?).

January 19, 2010 at 9:40 PM ·
MIB is good. Is it better than Kilimanjaro Safaris which is ranked lower? NO. The interactivity of the ride is fun but it really doesn't have that great of a chance of pulling the upset.